Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny I've been trying not to spill hypotenuse on my good shirts for years. :-) SonC@aol.com wrote: > > >Lee Wai Leong wrote: > > > >>>confusion is sometimes calculated as d/1730 where d is the diagonal >>> >>> >measure of the >>original image (the camera format). For full-frame 35 mm >format >(24 mm ? 36 mm, 43 mm >>diagonal) this comes out to be 0.024 mm > > >You know, if you guys have the time to futz around with numbers all day, >you >probably aren't taking many pictures. > >Some of my lenses don't even have DOF scales. I never look at the ones >that >do. > >Here's my trick. I get a new lens, and shoot with it some until I see >what >it can do. I get completely comfortable with it; shoot only with it until >I >know the characteristics by seeing the pictures. > >The nominal focal length, the angle of the hypotenuse, the phase of the >moon, none of that stuff enters my head. I just learn what I can do with >the >lens. I do that by taking pictures. > >Geez, I'm sounding more and more like Ted. ;-) > > > >Regards, >Sonny >http://www.sonc.com >Natchitoches, Louisiana >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >